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the business venture, the indc^jH'udent Hfe, tlie iiuhvidual 

 effort, Ijegins. JAkv one wlio fislies in the ocean and from 

 his ex])erienee knows where the best fish are, so the tiller of 

 the soil finds his spot, his ideal location, in suitable soil and 

 surrounduigs, and liere he pitches liis tent. 



First of all the home, and all else to follow, should be made 

 to conform to this. Year after year the generous soil, con- 

 tributing its bountiful harvests, brings gladness to the heart 

 and joy and happiness to the home and to the family. 



The resident of the city, with all its frivolous life, who only 

 lives to consume and carries in his purse about all his source 

 of supply, can never realize the contented mind, the joyfulness 

 and the happiness of the independent farmer and his family. 

 This when his barns and store-houses and cellars are full, who 

 but the farmer and market gardener can best realize and tell 

 of this? 



Again as to the location. Who of the first settlers on the 

 then so called Povert}^ Plains, in Arlington, could foresee what 

 today can be seen there, a veritable " Garden of Eden/' spoken 

 of by the visiting German farmers, during the past year, as 

 showing the most fertile, scientific and highly cultivated section 

 seen by them during their fourteen thousand miles of travel, — 

 a barren waste of land made to blossom as the rose; horticul- 

 tural science built up and constructed on entirely new and 

 modern lines. So location may be incidentally made to conform 

 with surrounding circumstances. 



THE HOME. 



First of all then should come the home, and all else that 

 may follow should be made to beautify, to build up and to 

 conform to this. 



Trees grow while we are sleeping, they add value to the 

 home, they beautify and shelter, and they stand long after 

 those who planted them, as a living contribution to posterity, 

 their monument, appreciated for their grateful shade. Plant 

 trees then about the home, for they are the outside sentinels, 



